The definition of schizophrenia is a “psychological disorder that involves severely distorted beliefs, perceptions, and thought process.” This is one disorder that I think EVERYONE knows. You know, the crazy guy at the bus stop walking in circles, mumbling to himself, thinking that everybody is out to get him. Most of them are indeed homeless, which makes it pretty freaky, grant it that a very small percentage of those people are dangerous. What most of you don’t know is that there are four kinds of schizophrenia. 1- Paranoid! Delusions, grandeur, hallucinations and not to mention loose associations (A.K.A. flight of ideas). All that fun stuff. Now kiddy’s here’s an example: I was in Seattle (it’s like the homeless capitol of WA) with a few of my friends and it was like 6 o’clock, waiting for the bus, in the rain. When this old man walks up to me and goes “I have a dog his name is Frank is my brother and I like pie don’t you think that’s right?” And then he walks away. That, ladies gents is what is called loose association. I have learned that over half of the people in the U.S. that are schizophrenic are homeless. That’s pretty depressing to me. The other kind of schzto there is, is Catatonic! This is crazy and totally rare, but if you have this you got all sorts of bizarre: you got disturbed movements or actions, bizarre body posture, and waxy flexibility. So you stand in one spot with your arm up for DAYS and people can just move you....like gumby. Numbero 3- Disorganized! This is the crazy guy at the bus stop: silliness, laughing for no reason, flat affect (super monotone) and talking to self. Yep, laugh now but the poor champ who’s got this is totally uncomfortable in their own skin, and freaked out ALL the time. And finally: Undifferentiated type. Which means exactly what you think it means! Haha! It’s a combo of both things.
Okay, example 2: Every place has the town “luny” (forgive the phrasing). In my case, it’s the tupperware man. I grew up in *coughs* Yelm, and when I lived there we had this guy (all you Yelmites know exactly who I speak of) who would walk all around Yelm with this empty tupperware container in his arm. I felt so bad for the guy because no one new what was wrong with the poor man but he would walk all over talking to himself. Now, the rumor was/is, was that someone put acid on his pizza at good ol’ Yelm high school and he was never the same since. And this leads me to my next topic of the lesson which is...drum roll please...Theories!!! Just a couple here, the first theory, that is true- is that schizophrenia is genetic. Ye be warned that just because your mom has it does not necessarily mean that you will get it. Also it is spotted between the ages of 18 and 25 and is rarely seen between before or after that “golden age.” Theory number 2 is that overuse of drugs causes it. Drugs like, acid, angel dust, pot, (any hallucinogens) and dat da da daa!!! Bam you got schizophrenia. It’s not just because of the drug, they think that people who do drugs like the ones mentioned above, will then activate the gene in your system and then there you have it.
Alright guys, thanks for readin’ the first “blog” about schizophrenia, hopefully I satisfied the hunger you had for this disorder, if you have any questions I would be obliged to attempt to answer them. So if you come home from your first year in college and you think that your mom is Hitler reincarnated or that your dog is the antichrist you might want venture down to your local therapist and get some advise. Thanks again you’ve been a wonderful audience, and good-night!!
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